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spinetails

spinetails is the plural of spinetail.

Meaning of spinetail

Noun

spinetail (plural spinetails)

  1. Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
  2. Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
  3. (US, dialectal) A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).

Phrases with spinetails

Questions about spinetails

What is spinetails the plural of?
Spinetails is the plural of spinetail.

Words near spinetails in the dictionary

  1. spinescences
  2. spinescent
  3. spinescently
  4. spinet
  5. spinetail
  6. spinetails
  7. spinetingling
  8. spinetoram
  9. spinets
  10. spinette
  11. spinetted

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